Edna J. Schwartz

February 17, 1993

Edna J. Schwartz, 81, a teacher and librarian in the Chicago Public Schools system for more than 40 years, died Saturday in her North Side home. Ms. Schwartz, a lifelong Chicagoan, retired in 1973. She started teaching in a now-closed elementary school in 1930. She transferred to Morse Elementary School in 1942, but left in 1945 to work for the American Red Cross in Japan for two years. She then returned to Morse and continued to teach until becoming a librarian for Belding and Ravenswood Elementary Schools in 1956. She returned to Morse as a librarian in 1961, working there until her retirement. She was also president of B'nai B'rith Women of Chicago in 1965 and 1966. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Piser Weinstein Menorah Chapels, 3019 W. Peterson Ave.